NEWS THAT SHOULD BE A JOKE BUT ISN’T White people living in Lawrenceville, Georgia, had the chance of a lifetime on Nov. 16 to attend a “Come Meet a Black Person” event sponsored by Urban MediaMakers, a group for filmmakers and content creators. Cheryle Moses, who founded the group, said she read in a 2013 study that most white people don’t have any non-white friends. “I want … [Read more...] about NOTW: Cop on cop violence, dangerous balloons and really cute idiots
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NOTW: Risky Beach Boys covers, vending machine tech and Stephen Curry’s glorious mouthguard
LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATOR The salary the Golden State Warriors pay to basketball whiz Stephen Curry may be a bargain at $12 million a year, but the economics is weirder about the prices Curry’s fans pay on the street for one of his used mouthguards retrieved from the arena floor after a game. One used, sticky, saliva-encased teeth-protector went for $3,190 at one August … [Read more...] about NOTW: Risky Beach Boys covers, vending machine tech and Stephen Curry’s glorious mouthguard
NOTW: Holographic pop stars, tourists gone wild and great mosquito festivals
VIRTUAL FANDOM The phenomenal Japanese singer Hatsune Miku (100 million YouTube hits) is coming off of a sold-out, 10-city North American concert tour with high-energy audiences (blocks-long lines to get in; raucous crowd participation; hefty souvenir sales), except that “she” isn’t real. Hatsune Miku is a projected hologram on stage singing and dancing (but her band is … [Read more...] about NOTW: Holographic pop stars, tourists gone wild and great mosquito festivals